Don John, the masturbation addiction romantic comedy directed by Joseph Gordon Levitt, and starring Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, a masturbating Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Brie Larson as Silent Bob has been assigned a release date of October 18th. We caught it at SXSW this year, and it's terrific, although there's a lot more masturbating JGL than perhaps anyone should want to see in two hours.

Justin Lin is handing the reigns to the Fast & Furious franchise off to James Wan, the creator of the Saw franchise, who will be taking over starting with the seventh installment of the car-racing series that 1) will never end, and 2) inexplicably actually has gotten better as the series has progressed (thanks in large part to the addition of Dwayne Johnson).

Speaking of the Fast and Furious, that movie's cinematographer, Ericson Core, has been hired to direct a Point Break remake. DAMN YOU TO HELL HOLLYWOOD. Sure, the remake was inevitable, but it still stings.

Hailee Steinfeld , who we haven't seen that much of since True Grit, will be reteaming with Tommy Lee Jones in his directorial project, Homesman. The film, about a man escorting three mentally ill women from Nebraska to Iowa, will also feature Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, James Spader, John Lithgow, and Tim Blake Nelson.

Though yesterday, rumors ran rampant that Alec Baldwin may be replacing The Last Call with Carson Daly in a complete overhaul of the NBC late-night schedule, it looks like that plan has been scuttled for now, as Daly has renewed his contract for another year. Baldwin is apparently still in talks for a role on late night at some future date.

HBO has landed the pilot for Ryan Murphy's new show, "Open," which looks like its a series about open marriages, i.e., what Ryan Murphy's entire career has been building toward.

With just one day to go, the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter has now crossed the $5 million mark, which I understand triggers the dissolution of Kristen Bell's nudity clause.

Henry Cavill and his Man of Streel grace the cover of this week's Summer Preview issue of EW, and Slashfilm has nabbed some photos from the issue.

Are you following Pajiba on Facebook or Twitter? Every time you do, Bill Murray crashes a wedding.

Comments Are Welcome, Bigots and Trolls Are Not

Buck Forty

I don't want to deny all the JGL fans their opportunity, but I hope ScarJo gets equal time. THAT is something I could watch. All day. And all night. WTF?!

Elizabeth

Now I'm just getting depressed. Point Break is getting a remake and Kickstarter is paying for a Veronica Mars movie, but The Knights of Badassdom just sits on a shelf so I can't see it.

John W

Shannon looks cool.

Mrs. Lysander Julien

Dearest Overlords,

I, like many Pajibans, work in an office and, like many Pajibans, my monitor can potentially be seen by those that I work with. Could you please take that into consideration when concocting names for your articles? Several times recently, the headlines have contained vocabulary that is more than questionable in a work environment. As much as I would like to learn what JGL is up to, the word used to describe it might be best saved for the smaller print.

Yours in Christ,Mrs. Lysander Julien

L.O.V.E.

Below the headline is a picture with a hint of ScarJo cleavage. And she's getting photobombed by a dude who is one up on JGL on the spank- board. No one is noticing the headline.

Long_Pig_Tailor

Seriously, Last Call with Carson Daly is still a thing? I bet NBC renewed it because they were embarrassed that they hadn't actually cancelled it but just forgotten about it.

Bedewcrock

This is also how I felt about TRL.

Long_Pig_Tailor

It's clear that at some point in the early aughts, MTV forgot TRL existed and just assumed that reruns of Real World were running in its afternoon slot. There's really no other explanation for, you know, that whole thing.

Green Lantern

I still don't like the Superman costume. It looks like it was knitted from Kevlar.

Strand

I don't like those Kryptonian suits either. Since when did they turn into space marines? Those collars look pretty uncomfortable too.

Mrs. Julien

All that Lycra must be like wearing a loofah.

$27019454

Please say James Spader is playing one of the three mentally ill women. Or ALL THREE. He could do it, I bet.

Mrcreosote

Great. " Superman:Gimp Suit" looks like a winner. That shot with M. Shannon screams "I am Zod and I will rooooooock you!"

Yeah, but it's really hard to play face-melting guitar solos with steel gauntlets on. He'd have to stick to power chords.

BWeaves

Didn't that Superman movie already come out 2 years ago? I'm over it already.

I loved Henry Cavill in The Tudors, but I'm afraid this Superman is going to come and go in a week.

Repo

How ironic as they already remade Point Break. It was called The Fast and The Furious.

Sara_Tonin00

Have you seen either of those movies?

Repo

Which one did you like better? he one where the undercover cop infiltrates a gang of criminals that represent a unique subculture yet finds himself conflicted on completing his job when he grows close to the leader of the said criminal gang? Or the other one?

Oh, shit. You're right. For some reason, I was thinking Jones was in True Grit, but that was No Country for Old Men. DAMN YOU COEN BROTHERS.

Fabius_Maximus

For good measure, I'll throw 'The Missing' in the mix.

TherecanbeonlyoneAdmin

If I go to see Don John, I'm going to need some sort of hydrophobic footwear so as to not slip on the myriad of snail trails and break my neck. Anybody know of a brand of good, comfortable, lady-juice repelling sneaker at a reasonable price?

Mrs. Julien

Perhaps it'll be like Shame with Fassbender where it sounds good in theory, but isn't so great in reality. On an up note, this movie is likely to be better than Shame.

lowercase_ryan

knock off Crocs?

BWeaves

Knock Off Crocs sounds like a euphemism for, oh, never mind.

Pants-are-a-must

I had a JGL pact with a friend last summer: She takes me to see one of his movies, I get to take her to a Tom Hardy movie. I suffered through "Premium Rush," she suffered through "Lawless" (no offense to my favorite delicious pup-kissing thespian bit of manscruff, but that movie was traumatizingly bad).

I am never, ever, ever, ever, EVER going to see that Don John movie with a JGL fan. You could not pay me. You could not force me at gunpoint. You could not promise me Tom Hardy wrapped in nothing but a bow lying in my bed when I get back home after, to go to see a 2-hour movie in a theater with people furtively adjusting their crotch areas while he pretends to masturbate onscreen over and over again.

BlackRabbit

"Pretends"?

Pants-are-a-must

One can only hope.

melissa82

I'm doubting your love of Tom Hardy. I'd see a Tyler Perry movie if I was promised Tom Hardy in my bed when I got home.

Pants-are-a-must

I would weather a Tyler Perry movie for him too. However, considering Don John to JGL fans would be like Twilight for Twi-Hards, there would be not enough shower time in the WORLD, and the lovely Mr. Hardy would be wasted.

melissa82

Heard. I stupidly went to the first Twilight with some 'friends' (dead to me now, obviously) and the middle aged women crying during the end credits ruined me. I don't think I could sit through something like that again ever. For anybody.

Kristen Mc

If I can have Tom Hardy in a bow, I will take your friend to the JGL movie. I'm a giver.